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package com.dyuproject.kvstore;

import java.util.Properties;


/**
 * Manages the lifecycle of the stores.
 *
 * @author David Yu
 * @created Jan 29, 2010
 */
public interface StoreManager
{
    
    /**
     * Gets the store using the {@code serializer}.
     */
    public <T> Store<T> getStore(String name, Serializer<T> serializer);
    
    /**
     * Initializes the environment of the stores.
     */
    public void init(Properties props);
    
    /**
     * Closes the stores.
     */
    public void close();

}
